[thesite] Content Upgrades

Olly Hodgson gnarly at punkass.com
Sat Sep 22 16:40:56 CDT 2001


I have only just rejoined theSite, so am new to this thread, but I think I
see whats going on...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin" <martin at members.evolt.org>
Subject: Re: [thesite] Content Upgrades


> You have 3 options:
> 1) Only one person actually puts the article into the system, but can
>     nominate co-authors
> 2) A linear workflow where one person puts the article into the system,
>    another adds their bit, and repeat until everyone's contributed (each
> author
>    only gets one go)
> 3) A CVS type system with checkout/checkin.

I favour a CVS type system - it saves people overwriting other peoples
work/two people editing the document at once etc etc, and allows more than
one bite at the cherry IYSWIM.

Cheers,

Olly
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